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mbperrin

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4. Precisely why I don't worry about college prep.

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 02:24 PM

Feb 2013

I worry about personal happiness. Until we can get a long term study showing what leads to personal happiness to the end of life, we know only personal or anecdotal experiences that worked for us or others, assuming that we're happy.

So I wish we'd stop the pretense that we know what IQ measures, what the various standardized tests actually measure and whether it matters or not, and actually do the work to find out what we should be doing, and whether or not that has anything to do with college.

And I assure you that nearly nobody wants to know that. Might interfere with their paychecks.

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That's pretty usual for alternative high schools, though. knitter4democracy Feb 2013 #1

I suppose I'd be more impressed if I could find out how many finished mbperrin Feb 2013 #2

No high school wants to know those numbers. knitter4democracy Feb 2013 #3

Precisely why I don't worry about college prep. mbperrin Feb 2013 #4

Lots and lots of people don't know what they want to do when they leave high school duffyduff Feb 2013 #5

Precisely so. I graduated 4th in my high school class and a National Merit Finalist. mbperrin Feb 2013 #6

Education is truly a lifelong endeavor. duffyduff Feb 2013 #7